The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening

Every genus a Victorian gardener could grow — Abelia to Zygopetalum across four volumes, with each plant's history, species, and culture, by the Curator of Kew.

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Sam Young – Summer

Sam Young

Dessert. Fruit small, yellowish with russet sports; flavour delicious, tender, and juicy. October to December. An excellent Irish sort.

Scarlet Crofton

Dessert. Fruit medium, yellow and red; flavour crisp, juicy, and sweet. October to December.

Scarlet Nonpareil

Dessert. Fruit well coloured, large; flavour crisp and juicy. January to March.

Small's Admirable

Kitchen. Fruit large, green, crisp, sweet, and juicy. November to January. A prolific cropper.

Stamford Pippin

Dessert. Fruit large, with a brisk flavour and an agreeable aroma. November to January. A very desirable sort.

Sturmer Pippin

Dessert. Fruit medium; flavour brisk and rich. February to June.

Syke House Russet

Dessert. Fruit small; flavour very rich. January to May. An excellent sort.

Smiling Beauty

(F). Fruit yellowish-white, large, oblong, quite smooth; early. Branches pendulous.

Summer Doyenne

Fruit small, roundish; eye small, partly closed; skin yellow, freckled with russet, brightly flushed; flesh white, very juicy, melting, and sweetly flavoured. August. One of the best early sorts.

Sabicea

(Sabisabi is the name of S. aspera in Guiana). SYNS. Schwenkfelda,

Sagraea

(named in honour of Ramon de la Sagra, Director of the Botanical Gardens in Havannah, of which he wrote an account in 1827). SYN.

Summer

l. opposite, abruptly pinnate, with three to five pairs of oblong, shining, firm leaflets. India, 1796. (B. M. 3018, under name of Jonesia Asoca.)

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